Dual purpose container and hand casting free spin fish line spool



P" 20, 1965 R. A. EHLERT DUAL PURPOSE CONTAINER AND HAND CASTING FREESPIN FISH LINE SPOOL Filed March 20, 1965 F l G. 3

AT TORNE Y5 R m m 2/ 6 mm 5 mm Ii 7& G A l. D w F MY MB R I \E 9M 68 233 w & i 'H G 2 F. w H it I! 6 2 3,17%,351 Patented Apr. 20, 1965 UnitedStates Patent Ofiiice 3,179,351 DUAL PURPGSE CONTAINER AND HAND CAST-ING FREE SPIN FISH LINE SPUUL Raymond A. Ehlert, Providence, RI. (47 2ndAve., Cranston, RJ.) Fiied Mar. 20, 1963, Ser. No. 266,564 3 Claims.(Cl. 242-851) This invention relates to a multiple purpose container andhand casting free spin fish line spool that floats and will hold spareparts.

One of the objects of this invention is to shape a container for variousarticles, foods or other merchandise in such form that it may be laterused for a purpose such as a hand casting fishing spinning spool.

Another object of the invention is to provide a constrnction of acontainer which may be used for two separate articles. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a con tainer which may besimple in construction and yet one which may provide the dual purposesabove mentioned.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container which, afterserving its first purpose of containing salable merchandise, may be usedas a spinning spool and may be used for the containing of accessories tofishing, such as for hooks, sinkers, bait, orother articles.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a container formed in accordance with thisinvention;

FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 but of a somewhat modifiedconstruction;

FiG. 3 is a view also similar to FIG. 1 but of a still differentmodified construction;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the structure of one of the previousfigures showing a fishing line in wound position thereon; and

FIG. 5 is, a perspective view illustrating the manner of use of thecontainer as a hand casting fishing spinning spool.

In proceeding with this invention, I have provided a container of a sizewhich will accommodate a fishing line wound about the generallycylindrical surface thereof and be retained thereon, the container beinghollow for the reception of articles of merchandise and closed at one ofits ends by removable closure so that there may be access to thecontainer, while from one of the ends there projects a handle which alsomay be hollow and in the form of a further container whichmay be ofservice in either dispensing the contents of the main container as aspout or may be utilized for additional storage of foods or articles ofmerchandise and which may also be provided at its end remote from thetube container with a removable cap for closing the same. This cap mayalso carry some articles which it may be desired should be' viewed, suchfor instance as a compass.

With reference to the drawings, the container comprises a main hollowtubular member designated generally 19 which isdefined by a generallycylindrical wall 11 bulged slightly at its mid portion 12 so as to beslightly tapered from this mid portion toward each of its ends bygenerally straight surfaces forming an apex at said bulge. Preferablythe taper is greater on the section 13 for a purpose to be described.This container may have an end wall 14 formed as an integral partthereof, such as by the molding of plastic as shown in FIG. 1, or thecontainer may have a closure of an end wall 15 provided with a flange 16which has conventional threaded or snap connections as at 17 with thewall 11, such as shown in FIGS.

2 and 3, thus providing access to the container. by the removal of thisend wall 15. At the opposite end of the tubular member 1%, I haveprovided a second closure which in each case is designated as 18although this closure is variously formed in the various modifications.

In each case, however, the closure 18 will have extending away from thetubular member 10 a second tubular member 19 having a generallycylindrical wall 29 which in each case is provided with a removableclosure 21 having a flange 22 with a conventional threaded or snapconnection with the cylindrical wall as at 23. This closure 21 has awall 24 bridging the end of the handle, and there may be inserted intothis wall 24 a compass 25 which may be viewed through a transparentwindow 26 formed as a part of the closure 24.

The second tubular member 19 is attached to the main tubular containermember 10 in FIG. 3 by the closure 18 by being molded as one piece withthe container 10 and by a suitable enlargement as at 27. Thisenlargement forms an internal recess as at 52 into which a divider 53may be snapped to separate the products in each member. In this case, ofcourse, access then will be had either through the closure 15 which isremovable or the closure 21 which is also removable, the container ofthe two different sizes being all one piece between.

In the showing in FIG. 2, the closure 18 has the end wall 39 providedwith flanges 31 which have conventional threaded or snap connection asat 32. with the end of the container 16, and the second tubular member19 is molded as an integral part of this closure 18 but extending fromthe radial wall 39 of this closure 18. Thus the second tubular memberand closure 18 are removable as a unit from the tubular member 10 asshown in FIG. 2.

In FIG. 1 the closure 13 is provided by means of a radial wall 35 havinga flange 36 with a threaded connection as at 37 with a container 10 andalso provided with a flange 38 having a threaded connection as at 39with the second tubular member 19. A radially inward flange Sit in theclosure 18 provides a seat for the end of member 19 and also a productdivider 51. Thus the main container 10 or the member 19 may be removedfrom this closure, or both may be removed from the closure asrequirements dictate.

This type of a container as described above may be utilized forcontaining foods or other merchandisable articles by there being accessto the container through any of the closures therefor, and it may beformed of plastic or some moldable material which will maintain itsdesired rigidity although permitting of some flexibility. By virtue ofits construction, divider means may separate the two members so thatmore than one product may be merchandized therein. Also the containermay be of a size to accommodate standard vacuum jars (see phantom inFIG. 1) and thus serve merely as a premium device.

The container above described by reason of the central bulge at 12 beingof no greater outer diameter than the outer diameter of the endenlargements provides a shape which also has the very advantageous useof serving as a fishing spinning spool for hand casting. The fishingline 40 may be hand wound upon the hollow tubular member 10, and byreason of either the closures provided or the enlargement such as 27 orthe enlargement as at 29 as shown in FIG. 1 or the closures 18, a meansis provided which will prevent the fishing line fromsliding off the endsof the tubular member 19 which may act as a Spinning spool, and afterthe line is wound thereon, it may be grasped by the member 19 whichserves as a handle such as shown in FIG. 5 by one hand, While the otherhand may be utilized for casting the line having a hook 42, sinker 44and bobber 43, together with adjustment means 45. As long as the axis ofthe device is 3 pointed in the direct-ion of the cast, the line willfree spin from the lower section below the bulge 12. The reverse taperof section '13 serves to retain storage line thereon for it requiresmore force to free spin line from this portion although it can occur,

The container is principally designed to merchandise a product in member10 and premium items in member 113. After consumption of the mainproduct, the storage of extra bobbers, sinkers, hooks or swivels may behad Within the container 10 or the handle 19 (see the parts in phantomin FIG. 1) which together may be also of a size to contain a degorger asWell as extra fishing lines should the one in use become snagged, fouledor cut in some way which doesnot permit it to be further used.

I claim:

1. A hand casting fishing spinning spool comprising a first hollowtubular member, said member having a cen tral bulge with generallystraight tapered surfaces axially extending therefrom at a small angleto a line parallel to the axis of the member, said tapered surfacesforming an apex at said bulge, enlargements at the opposite ends of saidmember to assist in retaining a fishing line wound thereabout fromshifting axially over an end thereof, the outer diameter of the centralbulge being no greater than the outer diameter of said enlargements,closures for the opposite ends of said member, one of said closurescomprising a cap having a disc to extend transversely across saidfirst'tubular member with a flange embracing the end portion of saidmember and forming the said enlargement at one of the ends of saidmember, means to removably secure at least one of said closures thereon,and a second tubular member forming a handle of a diameter less thansaid first tubular member extending from one of said closures to begrasped by a hand of the user.

2. A hand casting fishing spinning spool as in claim 1 wherein saidsecond tubular member handle has a removable closure at its end remotefrom said hollow member.

3. A hand casting fishing spool as in claim 1 wherein the tubularmembers are interiorly separated by a divider partition.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 193,144 7/62Marriott.

1,624,233 4/27 Grifiin 43-575 2,273,495 2/42 Nelson. 2 2,590,695 3/52Gomberg 242-851 2,684,550 7/54 Reid 43-545 2,931,125 4/60 Planin 43-545X 3,010,673 11/ 6'1 Marconi 242-842 X 3,122,452 2/64 Oakes 43-575 XSAMUEL KOREN, Primary Examiner.

1. A HAND CASTING FISHING SPINNING SPOOL COMPRISING A FIRST HOLLOWTUBULAR MEMBER, SAID MEMBER HAVING A CENTRAL BULGE WITH GENERALLYSTRAIGHT TAPERED SURFACES AXIALLY EXTENDING THEREFROM AT A SMALL ANGLETO A LINE PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE MEMBER, SAID TAPERED SURFACESFORMING AN APEX AT SAID BULGE, ENLARGEMENTS AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAIDMEMBER TO ASSIST IN RETAINING A FISHING LINE WOUND THEREABOUT FROMSHIFTING AXIALLY OVER AN END THEREOF, THE OUTER DIAMETER OF THE CENTRALBULGE BEING NO GREATER THAN THE OUTER DIAMETER OF SAID ENLARGEMENT,CLOSURES FOR THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID MEMEBER, ONE OF SAID CLOSURESCOMPRISING A CAP HAVING A DISC TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID FIRSTTUBULAR MEMBER WITH A FLANGE EMBRACING THE END PORTION OF SAID MEMBERAND FORMING THE SAID ENLARGEMENT AT ONE OF THE ENDS OF SAID MEMBER,MEANS TO REMOVABLY SECURE AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CLOSURES THEREON, AND ASECOND TUBULAR MEMBER FORMING A HANDLE OF A DIAMETER LESS THAN SAIDFIRST TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDING FROM ONE OF SAID CLOSURES TO BE GRASPEDBY A HAND OF THE USER.